In the lead up to the AI Impact Summit in February 2026, Jhalak sat down for a conversation with Martin Tisné on the state of AI governance. They looked at public interest AI, the lessons from social media regulation, open data and data stewardship, and methods of accountability. The episode also explores conversation on AI sovereignty, safe and trusted AI and democratising AI — all of which are key conversations for the AI Impact Summit.

Martin Tisné is the Founder and Chair of the Board of Current AI. He was appointed Thematic Envoy to the AI Action Summit held in February 2025 in France. He has over 15 years of investment and leadership experience, including advising several heads of state on AI policy, serving as a board member of the Partnership on AI, and helping establish two multi-stakeholder initiatives and three NGOs. As a philanthropic entrepreneur, Martin helped set up AINow, the Ethics & Governance of AI Fund, the AWO agency, Digital Action, and Reset amongst other initiatives.

Resources:

• Paris Charter on Artificial Intelligence - https://www.elysee.fr/en/emmanuel-macron/2025/02/11/the-paris-charter-on-artificial-intelligence-in-the-public-interest Open Government Directive - https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/open/documents/open-government-directive 
• https://www.data.gov.uk/ 
• gpt-oss-safegaurd - https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-oss-safeguard/ 
• Machine Bias - https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing 
• Bhashini - https://bhashini.gov.in/ 

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